For the world’s most famous film star, it was a startlingly candid remark. On
December 29, just hours after Jyoti Singh, a 23-year-old physiotherapy
student, had died in Singapore of internal injuries sustained during a gang
rape on a Delhi bus, Bollywood’s biggest and most bankable star, Shahrukh
Khan, tweeted his reaction.

“Rape embodies sexuality as our culture and society has defined it,” said
Khan, who is reported to have more fans globally than Tom Cruise, to his 3.9
million followers. “I am so sorry that I am a part of this society and
culture. I am so sorry that